Ann (Dillon) Brooke (1774 - 1833)

Born 29 Oct 1774 in Long Green, Baltimore, Maryland

Ancestors

Wife of Clement Brooke — married Sep 1794 in Fayette, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 27 Dec 1833 at age 59 in Zanesville, Ohio

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Biography

Ann was a Friend (Quaker)

Ann Dillon was born October 29, 1774.^[1] She was the second child of eleven recorded children born to Moses Dillon and Hannah Burson (Griffith) Dillon.^[1] She moved with her father and family to Fayette County, Pennsylvania about 1793.^[2][3] Ann married Clement Brooke while living there, sometime before the September 26, 1794 when it is recorded "Ann Brook, formerly Dillon, is complain'd of for outgoing in Marriage, with a man not professing with us, and accomplished the same, by the assistance of a Baptist teacher."^[4] According to an article published in 1971 in The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio), Clement and Ann moved to Baltimore, Maryland where they had 4 children.^[5]

In 1808, the Brookes moved to Zanesville, Ohio where Ann's father, Moses Dillon had already established himself. They attended the Grace Methodist Church in Zanesville.^[5]

Ann died in 1833 and was buried in the Dillon (or Quaker) Cemetery.^[5]

Research Notes

Roberts, C.V. and Ely, Warren. "Early Friends' Families in Upper Bucks County, Pennsylvania", Philadephia, 1925. - This book is listed in Maryland Geneaologies, Vol. 1, The Brooke Family, page 123 for more information on Ann's ancestors (Griffith, Burson, Lester, and Potts families).

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 2189 #1107055449 : accessed 8 Jul 2021), 2014. Citing Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Baltimore Yearly Meeting Minutes. Maryland, Balitmore, Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, Birth and Deaths 1716-1859, p 21 (upper left), 45 upper middle, Children of Moses & Hannah Dillon.
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2. ↑ "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 2189 #1107103846 : accessed 8 Jul 2021), 2014. Citing Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Baltimore Yearly Meeting Minutes. Maryland, Balitmore, Gunpowder Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1792-1804, pages 15-16, request for certificate to Redstone Monthly Meeting.
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3. ↑ "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 2189 #2324008 : accessed 8 Jul 2021), 2014. Citing Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records. Pennsylvania, Fayette, Redstone Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1793-1804, page 42, Recording of certificate to Redstone Monthly Meeting. (Note: filed under Ohio, Morgan and Washington, Westland Monthly Meeting, Minutes, 1793-1804 on Ancestry.com)
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4. ↑ "U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935", database with images, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 2189 #2310470 : accessed 8 Jul 2021), 2014. Citing Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Quaker Meeting Records. Pennsylvania, Fayette, Redstone Monthly Meeting, Women's Minutes, 1793-1822, page 19, Redstone Monthly Meeting date & page 21 complaint against Ann Brook.
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5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} "The Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 1 Aug 1971 page 23", database with images, Newspapers.com (article (requires subscription) : accessed 4 Dec 2020), "Traveling In 1816 Is Described in Diary".

• Daughters of the American Revolution application submitted by Robert Williams Martin dated 28 FEB 1913 from Brooklyn, NY, confirms BMD dates.

• Holiowak, Thomas L., comp. "Maryland Genealogies: A Consolidation of Articles from the Maryland Historical Magazine in Two Volumes, Vol. I", Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1980. pages 121-124, citing Bowen, Ellon Brooke Culver. The Brooke Family, from Vol. XXIX (1934), pp152-169. Available at ancestry.com (Image : accessed 8 Jul 2021).

See also:

• Find a Grave, database and images Find A Grave: Memorial #170640329 : accessed 08 July 2021), memorial page for Ann “Nancy” Dillon Brooke (29 Oct 1774–20 Nov 1883), citing Dillon Cemetery, Dillon Falls, Muskingum County, Ohio, USA ; Maintained by Patricia Fabri (contributor 47703186) . Note: On 8 Jul 2021,the death date on find a grave is different and appears to be a typo - 1883 instead of 1833. A suggestion for correction was submitted. The month is also different.

• Sons of the American Revolution application submitted by Robert Williams Martin, National # 95595, State # 10085, approved by New York State, 31 March 1967, issued 19 Jul 1967. citing Our Brooke Genealogy. Veedersburg, Indiana, 1924. page 7 - 9th generation.; found on ancestry.com (Ancestry Record 2204 #1033112:accessed 8 Jul 2021).